diff --git a/pkg/batchmapper/examples/batchmap_flatmap/go.mod b/pkg/batchmapper/examples/batchmap_flatmap/go.mod
index cc6b876d..99f7873e 100644
--- a/pkg/batchmapper/examples/batchmap_flatmap/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/batchmapper/examples/batchmap_flatmap/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module batchmap-flatmap
 
-go 1.22
+go 1.20
 
 replace github.com/numaproj/numaflow-go => ../../../..